To all Our Well-Beloved Royals, Nobles and Knights, and all Our other Well-Beloved Citizens whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come, Greetings:

WHEREAS it is Our Most Imperial Opinion that it would be meet to grant the Most Holy Nidarosian Church a territory exclusively for itself;

AND WHEREAS We have found, after due consultation, a fitting territory for the said Most Holy Nidarosian Church;

LET IT THEREFORE BE KNOWN that We, Harald Thorstein I the Generous Giver, The Eternal Sovereign Viking Emperor, Perpetual Protector of the People of Stormark, Perpetual Defender of the Viking Nation, Eternal Guardian of the Lakes of Hurmu, Paramount Chieftain of the Ancient Tribes of Hurmu, Most Noble Sovereign of the Lands of Stormark, Living Saint of the Most Holy Nidarosian Church, Solver of the Ancient Enigma, Hero of the Old Tale, Paladin of the Temple of Love, Imperial Prince of Thule, Imperial Prince of Inis Fer Falga, Prince of Antioch, Prince of Arietta, Prince of Lichtenbad, Prince of Malisko, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Froyalan, Duke of Gascony, Duke of Normandie, Marquis of Beaulieu, Marquis Thorstein, Earl of An Chláir, Earl of Carrick, Earl of Fife, Earl of the Trondelag, Count of La Marche, Count of Poitou, Count of Quercy, Count of Wintergleam, Baron of Einmar, Baron of Fórntida Kærleikalanden, Baronet of Holmborg, Baronet of Robland, Lord of Isle St. Jean and Lord of the Isles, do by this Our Imperial Instrument, in the exercise of Our Most Ancient Prerogative Imperial, edict that:

Eins. The Most Holy Nidarosian Church is hereby granted the City of Riskai and the lands in a radius of one hundred miles around the said City of Riskai.

Tveir. The territory granted to the Most Holy Nidarosian Church shall be known as the Grand Duchy of Riskai-Nidarosia and the Apostolic Plateau.

Thrír. The Grand Duchy of Riskai-Nidarosia and the Apostolic Plateau shall have the legal status of a Colony of this Most Sovereign and Noble Viking Empire.

Given at Our Hall in Haraldsborg, in Our Thanedom of Gulathing, under Our Hand and the Great Seal of Our Most Sovereign and Noble Viking Empire on the Twenty Fourth Day of the Month Bilskirnir in the Seventh Year of the Second Viking Age in the Second Epoch of Our Most Sovereign and Noble Viking Empire.